Passage 19

In English

It is customary in our country that when one goes to have of the Lord in a temple, one removes the shirt, pant and other appurtenances like shoes, tie, etc. and puts on a simple apparel of only a and an upper cloth. The inner meaning of this is that God is not attracted by your appearance but that God will look at the cleanliness of the inner self. This is interpreted by saying that you give up your external decorations and that God will see you in your natural condition. Another way of saying the same is that you have to give up whatever you have acquired as additions to your body before presenting yourself before God, but nowadays many somehow try to get hold of a special dress - even on hire, if need be - to attend special functions. You can see for yourselves how degrading it is to borrow something on loan and put it on instead of wearing what belongs to you. The meaning of all this is that everything that is artificially created is bound to be full of faults whereas what is natural is bound to be good. What you borrow and add to yourself artificially will have no relationship whatsoever to you in the context of the divine. We should realise that “Imitation is human while creation is divine.” Merely imitating what you see in the world around you is purely human and there is no divine aspect in it at all. On the other hand, what comes from your own contains divinity. What binds man in all circumstances are these artificial attitudes but really, the divine aspect never lands man in bondage. What is contained in the must be accepted, adopted and put into practice. This is the sadhana that is appropriate for the youth. is something which makes the entire world prosperous in addition to stirring your heart and body to right action.